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the letter follows information leaked by former national security agency contract for edward snowden, who leaked details of the secret programs. >> the nation's largest gay rights group says that corporate support for gay and trans and gender workers is reaching new course in the country. the a human- rights campaigner, but more than two-thirds of fortune 500 companies and 90% all the large employers its survey are not offering spousal benefits to the same sex the domestic partners. the group's 12th and will corporate quality index also found a record number of business is adopting the policy prohibiting discrimination against trans gender workers in job applications. >> the merger of american airlines and u.s. air ways has formed an air travel giant larger than the current industry leader, denied continental holdings. the new company will be called american airlines. passengers likely will not see this merger e. neely. ticketing and frequent flyer programs are expected to be combined. >> watching gas prices this morning. and the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline is up 3Â
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snowden is the national security agency contract employee who leaked secret information about a widespread u.s. surveillance program. meanwhile in hong kong where he fled, there was a rally to support him. seth doane reports on that part of the story. >> reporter: rain did not deter protesters in hong kong today as they marched to the u.s. consulate in support of edward snowden. snowden's revelations turned personal for hong kongers with his most recent still unsubstantiated claims to "the south china morning post." he alleged u.s. intelligence agents hacked into hundreds of targets in hong kong and mainland china. >> if i were president obama in this circumstance, i'd be wiping the egg off my face. >> reporter: david sweig studies u.s./china relations and is a professor at hong kong university of science and technology. >> america has tried to make china look bad on the issue of cybersecurity, but yet here's a guy who knows that america is also not so clean on this issue. >> reporter: beijing's "global times," which is backed by china's ruling communist party, called in an editorial for t
snowden is the national security agency contract employee who leaked secret information about a widespread u.s. surveillance program. meanwhile in hong kong where he fled, there was a rally to support him. seth doane reports on that part of the story. >> reporter: rain did not deter protesters in hong kong today as they marched to the u.s. consulate in support of edward snowden. snowden's revelations turned personal for hong kongers with his most recent still unsubstantiated claims to...
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Jun 23, 2013
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under the national industrial security program, the defense attorney services responsible for conducting oversight of companies companies cleared to perform unclassified contracts for dod and 26 other federal agencies, which use dod industrial security services. institutedent has various process improvements that have resulted in greater efficiencies and effectiveness with regard to initiating and adjudicating background investigations. this has helped to result in the removal of the dod from the high-risk list for its personnel security program. we have deployed multiple initiatives to ensure consistent, high-quality investigative products, highly skilled and professionally certified personal security adjudicators, and robust documentation of adjudicative rationale in support of these adjudicative decisions. this helps to ensure appropriate oversight and reciprocity. in october 2012, dod consolidated its adjudicative functions and resources except for the dod intelligence agencies in a centralized adjudication facility to realize efficiencies and standardized practices of this critical,
under the national industrial security program, the defense attorney services responsible for conducting oversight of companies companies cleared to perform unclassified contracts for dod and 26 other federal agencies, which use dod industrial security services. institutedent has various process improvements that have resulted in greater efficiencies and effectiveness with regard to initiating and adjudicating background investigations. this has helped to result in the removal of the dod from...
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Nov 1, 2013
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to determine eligibility to grant access to feed to damage national security and even a with the means to collect share process or store information that supports these of mong the equity share across agencies. as part of these efforts also consider opportunities with the applications to contract being that could just be information sharing in the office is responsible for making a determination for put additional means will occur over the coming weeks and we anticipate this to be completed in within 20 days. think you for the opportunity to testify but to protect to improve the process and procedure to insure the safety of both as a tragic events of highlighted the must maintain a strong focus on improvement to heed the president's call of a comprehensive review to address any potential gaps in the quickest manner possible we afford to work with congress as we undertake this important for >> chairman, a ranking member remembers of the committee thank you for asking me to be here today the events that occurred last month that the navy yard were horrifying 12 civilian employees and memb
to determine eligibility to grant access to feed to damage national security and even a with the means to collect share process or store information that supports these of mong the equity share across agencies. as part of these efforts also consider opportunities with the applications to contract being that could just be information sharing in the office is responsible for making a determination for put additional means will occur over the coming weeks and we anticipate this to be completed in...
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Jun 12, 2013
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agencies as a contract employee. the story that is told us that he is a high school dropouts, that he did not finish his military obligation and dropped out of committee college. it is also reported that he is being paid in the range of $200,000 a year to contract -- as a contract employee. i continue to be concerned about the cost of the contractor work force, not just in the u.s.a. but in the department of defense. recent reports have emphasized that the average contract employee costs two-three times as much as the average dod civilian employee for performing similar work. according to dot information of fy 10, contract employees comprise 22% of your department's work force but accounted for 50% of its costs. 250 four dollars billion. now let's take a look at what is happening when it comes to the treatment of the work force. i wholeheartedly support the idea of exempting uniform personnel from sequestration cuts. we owe it to these men and women not to put a hardship on them when they are literally risking their
agencies as a contract employee. the story that is told us that he is a high school dropouts, that he did not finish his military obligation and dropped out of committee college. it is also reported that he is being paid in the range of $200,000 a year to contract -- as a contract employee. i continue to be concerned about the cost of the contractor work force, not just in the u.s.a. but in the department of defense. recent reports have emphasized that the average contract employee costs...
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under the national industrial security program, the defense attorney services responsible for conducting oversight of companies companies cleared to perform unclassified contracts for dod and 26 other federal agencies, which use dod industrial security services. has instituted various process improvements that have resulted in greater efficiencies and effectiveness with regard to initiating and adjudicating background investigations. this has helped to result in the removal of the dod from the high-risk list for its personnel security program. we have deployed multiple initiatives to ensure consistent, high-quality investigative products, highly skilled and professionally certified personal security adjudicators, and robust documentation of adjudicative theseale in support of adjudicative decisions. this helps to ensure appropriate oversight and reciprocity. october 2012, dod consolidated its adjudicative functions and resources except for the dod intelligence agencies in a centralized adjudication facility to realize efficiencies and standardized practices of this critical, inherently g
under the national industrial security program, the defense attorney services responsible for conducting oversight of companies companies cleared to perform unclassified contracts for dod and 26 other federal agencies, which use dod industrial security services. has instituted various process improvements that have resulted in greater efficiencies and effectiveness with regard to initiating and adjudicating background investigations. this has helped to result in the removal of the dod from the...
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under the national industrial security program the defense security service is responsible for conducting oversight of companies cleared to perform on classified contracts for d.o.d. and 26 other federal agencies which use d.o.d. industrial security services. the department has instituted various process improvements that have resulted in greater effectiveness ith regard to initiating and adjudicating background investigations and this has resulted in the removal of d.o.d. from the high-risk list for the security program. we have developed systems to ensure products and highly a -- personnel and adjucators and this helps to ensure appropriate oversight and reciprocity. in october 2012, d.o.d. consolidated its rory sabbatinis to realize efficiencies and standardized practices of this critically and inherently governmental function. i specifically asked for the costs of obtaining security clearances for the department. in fiscal year 2012 d.o.d. paid the office of personnel management a total of $753 million for security clearance investigations and approximately $471 million for military s
under the national industrial security program the defense security service is responsible for conducting oversight of companies cleared to perform on classified contracts for d.o.d. and 26 other federal agencies which use d.o.d. industrial security services. the department has instituted various process improvements that have resulted in greater effectiveness ith regard to initiating and adjudicating background investigations and this has resulted in the removal of d.o.d. from the high-risk...
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May 18, 2013
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the second step the bill clinton took also that i think was very harmful to national security decision-making and that was bowing to the right-wing pressure with newt gingrich and the contract of america you all remember and jesse helms who wanted to abolish the arms control and disarm the agency because they were opposed to arms control with the soviet union. clinton never should have bowed to this pressure. this was a professional group of people who were schooled on strategic systems nuclear systems and understood the soviet union and were responsible for the negotiation of arms control agreements under richard nixon and ronald reagan, the imf treaty. he also abolished the information service, the united states information agency which was a group of his foreign service officers who went abroad to explain the united states to foreign officers. when they are so much question in the international community and a great deal of misunderstanding about the united states and those values and roles overseas. the third step that clinton took the showed his inability to deal with the military, the v
the second step the bill clinton took also that i think was very harmful to national security decision-making and that was bowing to the right-wing pressure with newt gingrich and the contract of america you all remember and jesse helms who wanted to abolish the arms control and disarm the agency because they were opposed to arms control with the soviet union. clinton never should have bowed to this pressure. this was a professional group of people who were schooled on strategic systems nuclear...
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the second step that bill clinton took that was harmful to national security decisionmaking and that was bowing to white ring pressure, newt gingrich, the contract with america, and jesse helm whose wanted to disarm the agency because they were opposed to arms control with of the yet union. clinton never should have bowed to this pressure. this is a professional group of people schooled on strategic systems, understood the soviet union and were responsible for the negotiation of major arms control agreements under richard niksch yap and ronald reagan, the inf treaty. but clinton bowed to the pressure, and abolished the united states information service, the ute information agency, which was a group of foreign service officers who went abroad to explain the united states to foreign audiences. this is an institution we need today when there's so much questioning about u.s. values and the u.s. role in the international community, and a great deal of misunderstanding about the united states and those valuesnd those roles overseas. the third step that clinton took that showed his enable t
the second step that bill clinton took that was harmful to national security decisionmaking and that was bowing to white ring pressure, newt gingrich, the contract with america, and jesse helm whose wanted to disarm the agency because they were opposed to arms control with of the yet union. clinton never should have bowed to this pressure. this is a professional group of people schooled on strategic systems, understood the soviet union and were responsible for the negotiation of major arms...